Effect of electroacupuncture combined with osteoporosis treatment apparatus on bone metabolism in patients with spinal cord injury

The impact of rehabilitation in bone loss management of patients with spinal cord injury: A systematic review

“…As a result, 319 records were excluded, and 44 studies were sought for retrieval and then screened in full text. Lastly, 11 studies [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]38,40,41] were included in the present systematic review. Figure 1 shows the PRISMA flow diagram, reporting further details about the article selection process.…”

“…Figure 1 shows the PRISMA flow diagram, reporting further details about the article selection process. Supplementary Table 2 summarizes the rea- The following studies were included in the present systematic review: Afshari et al [31], Arija-Blázquez et al [32], Ben et al [33], Chen et al [34], Edwards et al [35], Groah et al [36], Holman et al [37], Morse et al [38], Shackleton et al [39], Warden et al [40], Xu et al [41].…”

“…The studies included were published between 2001 [40] and 2022 [31,39] and were conducted in America (USA n = 3 [31,[36][37][38]; collaboration between USA and Canada n = 1 [35]), Europe (Spain n = 1 [32]), Africa (South Africa n = 1 [39]) and Asia (China n = 2 [34,41], Australia n = 2 [33,40]).…”

“…Both post-acute and chronic SCI were assessed, with time since injury varied between 35.9 ± 16.9 days [36] and 21.1 ± 13.4 years [35]. More in detail, post-acute subjects were enrolled in five studies: Arija-Blázquez et al [32], Ben et al [33], Groah et al [36], Warden et al [40], and Xu et al [41]. Chronic subjects were assessed in six studies: Afshari et al [31], Chen et al [34], Edwards et al [35], Holman et al [37], Morse et al [38], and Shackleton et al [39].…”

“…Patients with cervical SCI were assessed in five studies [31,35,37,39,40]; patients with thoracic SCI were evaluated in eight studies [31,32,34,35,37,[39][40][41], and patients with lumbar SCI was assessed in two studies [35,41]. Two studies did not clarify the level of injury [33,38].…”